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Pakistan snubs US over new operation

January 22, 2010
Pakistan snubs US over new operation

ISLAMABAD Pakistan on Thursday conveyed to the US that it couldnt launch any other military operation until it fully secured and stabilised South Waziristan Agency, the stronghold of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), sources informed TheNation. This policy decision was conveyed to the ...

Zardari vows to defeat conspiracy of 'pen'

Zardari vows to defeat conspiracy of 'pen'

January 22, 2010

CHAKWAL President Asif Ali Zardari has said that Pakistan Peoples Party is facing threats from pen and sniper, however the PPP ...

SC directs govt to expedite diplomatic efforts

SC directs govt to expedite diplomatic efforts

January 22, 2010

ISLAMABAD Supreme Court on Thursday observed that the innocent Pakistanis, who have been handed over to United States during the ...

International
Muslims blast British anti-terror strategy

Muslims blast British anti-terror strategy

January 22, 2010

LONDON (AFP) - Muslim police in Britain have attacked the governments anti-terrorism strategy for triggering an upsurge in ...

Afghans furious over US military 'Jesus' scopes

Afghans furious over US military 'Jesus' scopes

January 22, 2010

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Muslim groups reacted angrily Wednesday after it emerged that the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan were ...

Menon new Indian Security Adviser

Menon new Indian Security Adviser

January 22, 2010

NEW DELHI (APP) Former Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon, who also served as High Commissioner to Pakistan was appointed ...

EU delays reply to US body scanners request

January 22, 2010

TOLEDO, Spain (AFP) - The EU will decide on a US request that Europe install body scanners at its airports after studies into ...

Accusations mark start of new Mideast peace round

January 22, 2010

RAMALLAH (Reuters) - Israel and the Palestinians belittled each others commitment to peace as US envoy George Mitchell began a ...

Nato to create top civilian Afghan post

January 22, 2010

KABUL (AFP) - NATO is planning to create a top civilian post in Afghanistan, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, amid ...

Mass relocation for Haiti homeless

January 22, 2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) - Haitian officials Thursday unveiled a huge operation to move hundreds of thousands of homeless outside the ...

Indian navy boosts air fleet in $1.5b deal

January 22, 2010

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indias navy has started a $1.5 billion overhaul of its ageing Soviet-era fleet of aircraft, seeking to ...

French MPs to denounce face veils

January 22, 2010

PARIS (Reuters) - Frances parliament is likely to call in a resolution for a ban on Muslim face veils in public but take longer ...

Hillary urges Internet freedom, condemns cyber attacks

January 22, 2010

WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday called for an unfettered worldwide Internet and ...

Big guns fire in Melbourne but Ivanovic flops

January 22, 2010

MELBOURNE (AFP) The Williams sisters stamped their authority on the Australian Open Thursday alongside Novak Djokovic and ...

Arsenal go top, Liverpool eye Champions League

January 22, 2010

LONDON (AFP) Arsenal went top of the English Premier League after coming from 2-0 down to beat Bolton Wanderers 4-2 on ...

China football officials under questioning: report

January 22, 2010

BEIJING (AFP) The head of Chinas scandal-rocked football association and two other top officials have been taken in for ...

Business
Import of oil products up 113pc

Import of oil products up 113pc

January 22, 2010

ISLAMABAD - The import of petroleum products has increased by up to 113 percent in one month in the wake of the Governments ...

Pakistan favourite choice for foreign investors: PM

Pakistan favourite choice for foreign investors: PM

January 22, 2010

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Thursday said Pakistan has become a destination of choice for foreign ...

Banks disburse over Rs106 billion agri credit

Banks disburse over Rs106 billion agri credit

January 22, 2010

KARACHI - Agricultural credit disbursement by commercial and specialized banks rose 6.85 per cent year-on-year to Rs106.261 ...

Foreign exchange reserves rise to $15.24b

January 22, 2010

KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistans foreign exchange reserves rose to $15.24 billion in the week ending on Jan. 16 from $15.20 billion ...

KSE loses 151 points amid uncertainty

January 22, 2010

KARACHI - The stock market witnessed intense selling on Thursday and local investors opted for panic selling on renewed concerns ...

Passenger train soon, says Bilour

January 22, 2010

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The governments of Pakistan, Iran and Turkey would consider running of a passenger train service between their ...

Pak-Australia joint trade body meets next month

January 22, 2010

ISLAMABAD, Jan 21 (APP) - The Pak-Australia joint trade committee will hold its next meeting in February here to discuss and ...

Samsung unveils GenoA touch screen mobile phone

January 22, 2010

KARACHI - Samsung Electronics has unveiled its latest GenoA touch screen mobile phone for its customers. The company has also ...

Petroleum Policy for liberal incentives to attract investment

January 22, 2010

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Petroleum & Natural Resources Syed Naveed Qamar Thursday said that the government has announced ...

Rise in fertilizer rates to cause Rabi yield decline

January 22, 2010

LAHORE - The sudden raise in the prices of fertilizers after acute shortage of water in the country could lead to decline ...

Politics
Islamabad hands over shopping list to US

Islamabad hands over shopping list to US

January 22, 2010

RAWALPINDI (Online) Pakistan while handing over a list of its defence and military needs to the US has demanded that latest ...

Gates warns of militant havens dangers

Gates warns of militant havens dangers

January 22, 2010

ISLAMABAD (Agencies) US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates visited General Headquarters and called on Chief of Army Staff General ...

'Gates' statement conspiracy against Pakistan'

'Gates' statement conspiracy against Pakistan'

January 22, 2010

ISLAMABAD Opposition Senators Raja Zafarul Haq and Prof Khurshid on Thursday severely criticised the statement of US Secretary ...

Aafia's fingerprints not found on gun: FBI

January 22, 2010

NEW YORK The second day of Dr Aafia Siddiquis trial about attempted murder charge was marked by conflicting versions given by ...

Zardari seeks Pirzada's counselling?

January 22, 2010

ISLAMABAD Embattled President Asif Ali Zardari ignited his search engine for useful pieces of advice from wherever he gets, as ...

Ecnec okays 28 uplift projects

January 22, 2010

ISLAMABAD Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Thursday approved 28 projects in various sectors of ...

Sherry declines to replace Qureshi

January 22, 2010

ISLAMABAD Former information minister Sherry Rehman has declined to accept Governments latest offer of re-induction into the ...

TheNation proves true once again

January 22, 2010

ISLAMABAD TheNations story titled 'Majority of missing persons sold to the US from Afghanistan (on 24th November 2009) proved ...

'Without Pak help, it's mission impossible'

January 22, 2010

WITH its announcement that it will launch no new offensives against the Taliban in 2010, Pakistan Army appears to have opened a ...

NA passes law against women harassment

January 22, 2010

ISLAMABAD - The National Assembly on Thursday passed The Protection against Harassment at Workplaces Bill 2009, to create a safe ...

No law justifies immunity to Zardari, says Imran

January 22, 2010

ISLAMABAD Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf Chairman, Imran Khan, said on Thursday that neither Western nor Islamic laws justify immunity ...

9 militants killed in Mohmand

January 22, 2010

PESHAWAR (APP) - The clashes between the security forces and militants left at least nine militants dead in parts of Mohmand ...

'Pak aid rises despite crunch'

January 22, 2010

LONDON British Prime Minister Gordon Brown maintained Thursday that Londons spending on counterterrorism steps in Pakistan was ...

Judiciary not to breach people's trust: CJ

January 22, 2010

ISLAMABAD Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has reiterated that waging a struggle for supremacy of law and justice would ...

Train crushes four of a family

January 22, 2010

LAHORE - Four members of a family including two children, their father and another woman were crushed to death under the wheels ...

Zardari has gained some political space: NYT

January 22, 2010

NEW YORK - Having reclaimed some political space by rallying his Pakistan Peoples Party, President Asif Ali Zardari is likely to ...

Entertainment
An Education and Avatar lead field

An Education and Avatar lead field

January 22, 2010

BRITISH film An Education is battling major Hollywood movies Avatar and The Hurt Locker with eight nominations each at the ...

Tara Reid engaged

Tara Reid engaged

January 22, 2010

TARA Reid is getting married The American Pie actress is said to be delighted after her boyfriend, German millionaire Michael ...

Catherine Zeta-Jones surprises fans with her frame

Catherine Zeta-Jones surprises fans with her frame

January 22, 2010

WELSH beauty Catherine Zeta-Jones, who was known for her curvier frame in Hollywood obsessed with 'skinny women, has surprised ...

Non-stick pan chemical is linked to thyroid disease

January 22, 2010

PERFLUOROOCTANOIC acid (PFOA), a chemical used in non-stick cookware, food packaging, as well as, for making carpets and fabrics ...

Top ten internet passwords to be avoided

January 22, 2010

THE ten most commonly used passwords on the web have been revealed as part of an analysis of tens of millions of internet ...

New research finds promising treatment for hepatitis C

January 22, 2010

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US scientists have discovered a way to block replication of the hepatitis C virus, potentially leading to ...

Islamabad
Comrades remember Khwaja Masud

Comrades remember Khwaja Masud

January 22, 2010

ISLAMABAD - Speakers at an obituary reference organised in the memory of Professor Khwaja Masud, an educationist and intellectual ...

113 stolen vehicles recovered

113 stolen vehicles recovered

January 22, 2010

ISLAMABAD - Following the pattern of policing in European countries, Islamabad police is going to establish five different cells ...

Cuban envoy assures medical education for Pak students

Cuban envoy assures medical education for Pak students

January 22, 2010

ISLAMABAD (Online) - The Cuban government holds steadfast to its promise to completely underwrite all costs for providing medical ...

ETD recovers Rs 27,54,000 property tax

January 22, 2010

RAWALPINDI - The Excise and Taxation Department (ETD) recovery team collected Rs 27,54,000 out of the total Rs. 31,00,000 ...

Concrete action against stone crushers from 26th

January 22, 2010

ISLAMABAD - Government has decided to take action against the owners of stone crushers falling in the area of Margalla Hills ...

Two killed in separate incidents

January 22, 2010

RAWALPINDI - Two people were killed in two separate incidents in the jurisdictions of Police Stations (PSs) Civil Line and ...

Imran asks PCB to raise IPL issue at ICC meeting

January 22, 2010

ISLAMABAD Pakistans legendary cricketer Imran Khan has asked the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to raise the Indian Premier League ...

Argentinean envoy promises support for tennis event

January 22, 2010

ISLAMABAD Rodolfo J. Martin Saravia, Ambassador of Argentine here ensured full diplomatic support to the Pakistan Tennis ...

Pak looks to improve ODI ranking in Australia

January 22, 2010

ISLAMABAD Pakistan has a chance to improve its ranking in the ICC ODI Championship table when it faces four-time world champion ...

Zaheer to lead Pak volleyball squad in SA Games

January 22, 2010

ISLAMABAD The Pakistan Volleyball Federation (PVF) named 12-man team for the 11th South Asian Games 2010, scheduled to be held ...

Karachi
STPP rally for rights of Sindh

STPP rally for rights of Sindh

January 22, 2010

KARACHI - A huge rally of the Sindh Tarqi Passand Party (STPP) on Thursday demanded immediate expulsion of illegal immigrants, ...

CJP urged to take suo moto notice

CJP urged to take suo moto notice

January 22, 2010

KARACHI - The Chief Justice of Pakistan should take suo motuo action to probe the assassination of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto and ...

Three among 2 MQM-H men dead in target-killing

Three among 2 MQM-H men dead in target-killing

January 22, 2010

KARACHI - Three people including two political activists were gunned down here in separate incidents in City on Thursday. An ...

Avoid confrontation with judiciary

January 22, 2010

KARACHI - Former Foreign Minister and central PML-Q (Like-minded) leader Khursheed Kasuri advised the PPP government to avoid ...

Hunger-strike camp for missing persons

January 22, 2010

KARACHI - As many as 8,000 Baloch nationals including 143 women are missing and there is no let up in abduction of the Balochs ...

Mystery shrouds Dr Aafia in US trial

January 22, 2010

KARACHI (AFP) - She has been dubbed Lady Al-Qaeda by US media, but the Pakistani family of Aafia Siddiqui, on trial in New York, ...

PCB to set up 2nd Cricket Academy at Karachi

January 22, 2010

KARACHI The Regional Cricket Academy at Karachi will be upgraded into full fledged second National Cricket Academy and brought ...

Lahore
Govt plans imposition of fine not demolition

Govt plans imposition of fine not demolition

January 22, 2010

LAHORE - The Punjab government has planned to regularise 160 illegal high-rise plazas by slapping fines compromising its stiffest ...

I never talked to  any journalist, Qadeer tells court

I never talked to any journalist, Qadeer tells court

January 22, 2010

LAHORE - Nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan has filed his written reply in the Lahore High Court in response to a petition of ...

Women MPA funds to be released soon: Sana

Women MPA funds to be released soon: Sana

January 22, 2010

LAHORE The Opposition in the Punjab Assembly on the second day of the 16th session Thursday recorded protest boycott of the ...

Court directs Secy to explain reasons

January 22, 2010

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court chief justice on Thursday directed the Punjab secretary health to explain to the court the reasons ...

CM returns today

January 22, 2010

LAHORE-Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday delayed his arrival from London for another day. He is now expected to ...

CM to respond call attention notices in PA, assures Sana

January 22, 2010

LAHORE - Punjab Law Minister Rana Sana Ullah Khan on Thursday assured Punjab Assembly that from now onwards Punjab Chief Minister ...

Mansoor, Waqar gear up for final battle

January 22, 2010

LAHORE Mansoor Zaman will face Waqar Mehboob in the final of the PSO Pakistan International Squash Championship being played ...

Make Afridi ODI captain: Inzamam

January 22, 2010

LAHORE Former skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq has backed all-rounder Shahid Afridi to be appointed as captain of the Pakistan One-day ...

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